Ms Palaszczuk said she would "absolutely" call an early election if someone stood in her way.

"I am making it clear to Queenslanders - I am here for them," she said.

"I am here to govern in the best interests for them and I won't let anyone stand in my way.

"I am not going to allow any person to stand in my way and my Government's way of creating jobs for Queenslanders - that is my message."

Queensland Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg rejected the idea of an early election.

"The real issue here is that we need leadership, not an early election," he said.

"You can't run off to the polls every time you don't like what's happening in the Parliament.

"It's a matter of sitting down and negotiating what you want to do. The problem with this government is they don't know what they want to do."

On Monday night, Mr Springborg said the LNP would not try to force an election with a no-confidence motion in Parliament.

Labor Party members will be 'disappointed'

Ms Palaszczuk said Mr Pyne had let the party down.

"I'm disappointed with Rob's decision and I'm quite sure there's going to be a lot of members in the Cairns community that are also disappointed with his decision to leave the Labor Party.

"I'm very keen to speak to Rob today, so I'll be making a call to his office today to speak with him."

Mr Pyne said he was sick of games in Parliament.

"I see the argy bargy going back and forward, whether it's [Deputy Premier] Jackie Trad or [Opposition MP] Jarrod Bleijie - I come back to Cairns and I have a good bath in Dettol," he said.

Mr Pyne said he did not believe his move to the crossbench would make Queensland's Parliament less stable.

"[There are] equal number of seats in the Parliament, but the Katter Party and the two crossbenchers expressing confidence in the Premier and the Treasurer, so it's really been overblown a bit in terms of any issues of instability," he said.

"I would not anticipate this having a drastic impact on the Government's legislative agenda."

He said he would not support a no-confidence motion in the Queensland Government and noted other crossbenchers had made a similar commitment.

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